TIL that quadruple A batteries exist - eviltoast

What device even uses this??

  • Tadpole@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    Usually they’re used in thin devices where a bigger battery wouldn’t fit. Lots of computer styluses take AAAA batteries, including the Microsoft Surface Pen. There are also some small flashlights and laser pointers that use them.

    • lycanrising@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      microsoft surface pen is my touchstone for this. the only way i could get new batteries was online and the pen lasted for so long if i bought a pack of 4 batteries i’d have lost the other two but the time they ran or so id need to but a whole new pack.

    • lengau@midwest.social
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      9 months ago

      Yeah I bought a 6 pack of them when I bought my pixel slate. They expired after I’d used two